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WikiProject Scouting Newsletter: May 2024[edit]

WikiProject Scouting | May 2024

Notes for May:

Looking for something to work on? Try looking at, Category:Scouting articles needing attention.

Some important articles that need help: The Scout Association, NAYLE, Philmont Training Center, BSA Leadership Training, COPE

We are working to develop a featured portal, look here if you want to help.
Looking for a new project? perhaps authoring an article on Aids to Scoutmastership

Other ways to participate:

--evrik ^(talk) May 22, 2024

Nomination of John Type for deletion[edit]

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article John Type is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/John Type until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article until the discussion has finished.

SmittenGalaxy (talk) 02:06, 15 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Question from KerryREPORTERSanders (18:34, 17 June 2024)[edit]

I'm a longtime NBC News correspondent (and there is a page about me). One of my longtime colleagues who was NOT on camera, but is a cameraman/producer, who has been a part of not only significant news coverage, but helped developed what's now more commonly known as "backpack journalism" deserves a notation. He's won important journalism awards, and like so many (but not me) has written (years ago) a light hearted book about his experiences. Would he deserve a page/is he notable? He certainly is to me and his work now with National Geographic etc would seem worthy. Thanks for your advice/guidance. Cheers --KerryREPORTERSanders (talk) 18:34, 17 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@KerryREPORTERSanders: Hi there! Wikipedia's definition of notable people as those who "have received significant coverage in multiple published secondary sources that are reliable, intellectually independent of each other, and independent of the subject." For more details, please see WP:NBASIC. The article about you could use some additional secondary sources. If you are aware of any that can be used, feel free to suggest them at Talk:Kerry Sanders. Hope this helps! GoingBatty (talk) 19:41, 17 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. KerryREPORTERSanders (talk) 20:17, 17 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Unovic (00:30, 18 June 2024)[edit]

Hi. I found a reference error in an article. How do I go about changing that? Thanks. --Unovic (talk) 00:30, 18 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Unovic: I would go to the article, click "Edit source" at the top right of the page, find the incorrect reference, fix it, type an explanation of the change in the Edit summary field, and then click the "Publish changes" button at the bottom left of the page. If you like, you could also ask for help on the article's talk page. Happy editing! GoingBatty (talk) 13:03, 18 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I'll give it a shot. Cheers Unovic (talk) 19:27, 18 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Haitamhaitam0001 (23:28, 22 June 2024)[edit]

Hello! I would like to know how I could make a private page article that only I can see and save changes to until I submit a request for it to be added to the main page. --Haitamhaitam0001 (talk) 23:28, 22 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Haitamhaitam0001: Hi there! I suggest following the directions in Help:Your first article. While a page in your personal sandbox or a draft article are visible to everyone, they won't be indexed by search engines. Happy editing! GoingBatty (talk) 23:47, 22 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the quick answer! Haitamhaitam0001 (talk) 11:42, 23 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Haitamhaitam0001 (15:39, 26 June 2024)[edit]

Hello! I would like to know which of the following processes will make my "main page" submission be read faster:

- Article Wizard - Userpage --Haitamhaitam0001 (talk) 15:39, 26 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Haitamhaitam0001: Hi there! I'm presuming that you want to submit a new article, and not a change to Wikipedia's Main page. I suggest following the directions in Help:Your first article to have your submission read through the Wikipedia:Articles for creation process. Happy editing! GoingBatty (talk) 16:10, 26 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Question from GemStar4071 (16:43, 27 June 2024)[edit]

how to make a new Wikipedia post? --GemStar4071 (talk) 16:43, 27 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@GemStar4071 Hi there! I presume you're asking how to create a new Wikipedia article. Creating a new Wikipedia article can be quite challenging, especially if you do not have a lot of experience editing existing Wikipedia articles. To learn how to edit, I suggest you start at Help:Introduction, and then spend a significant amount of time editing existing articles to hone your skills. Once you're ready to create an article, you would gather multiple independent reliable sources that have provided significant coverage of the subject, and determine whether it meets Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, called "notability". If so, you could follow the instructions at Help:Your first article and summarize what the sources have published, and be prepared for a process that may include waiting for review, declines, and rewrites before an article is accepted. Hope this helps, and happy editing! GoingBatty (talk) 19:30, 27 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Haitamhaitam0001 (20:55, 28 June 2024)[edit]

Hello! I would like to know how I can check an image's copyright level before uploading said image to Wikipedia. I have tried to find a database that allows me to see the copyright of an image but to not avail. --Haitamhaitam0001 (talk) 20:55, 28 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Haitamhaitam0001: Hi again! Wikipedia:Uploading images has some good information, including "Most images you might find on the Internet are copyrighted and not appropriate for uploading to Wikipedia. If you did not create the image, or if you are unable or unwilling to verify its copyright status, do not upload the image." Would you like to share information about the image? GoingBatty (talk) 21:15, 28 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Yungdab (01:06, 29 June 2024)[edit]

Hi mentor! I just made a few corrections to a chart on a page, and accidentally submitted them without properly explaining what exactly I changed... I did not expect my enter key to automatically publish my edit, whoopsie! Is there some way I can edit my edit to add the details? Or should I not be too worried about this? Thank you!!! :] --Yungdab (talk) 01:06, 29 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Yungdab: Hi there! We've all accidentally published an edit without finishing the edit summary. Unfortunately, there isn't a way to change the edit summary later. In this edit I think your partial edit summary will give readers enough to understand your intent. Help:Edit summary#Fixing suggests "If you make an important omission or error in an edit summary, you can correct this by making a dummy edit (a change in the page with no visible effects), and adding further information in the dummy edit's summary." Happy editing! GoingBatty (talk) 03:20, 29 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

help request[edit]

hello, can you go over this article? Social work

URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_work

i would like to nominate for GA RJJ4y7 (talk) 20:08, 1 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@RJJ4y7:

Done, but more needs to be done by those with access to the actual work being referenced. Good luck with your nomination! GoingBatty (talk) 21:54, 1 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

thank you for your time and effort.RJJ4y7 (talk) 14:20, 2 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Guidance[edit]

Hi, saw your comments. I'm new here. How to bring redirect articles to active forum? How to revert automatically not manually? The incorrect edits Please provide me reference or guidelines on this. SakuraSmart (talk) 17:24, 2 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@SakuraSmart: Hi there! I'm not sure I understand your questions. Where did you see my comments? Could you please give me an example of a "redirect article" that you want to bring to the "active forum"? There are some bots that revert vandalism automatically. You could ask the bot owners how they work. GoingBatty (talk) 17:40, 2 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]